Thursday, March 10, 2011

Blood Donor?

 This Past week I went and had some blood work done. Just annual routine check-up... I hate getting my blood drawn because I always walk out of there looking like a "pin cushion" It's not the Phlebotomists fault, I just have very tiny veins that are hard to find.

I have had one phlebotomist who actually got my vein on the first try, it was taken from my forearm but needless to say it was on the first try!

This week I wasn't so lucky. I went through 3 people before anyone actually hit a vein, and I was poked at least 16 times (i lost count after that) it took them 2.5 hours to draw 9 vials of blood. I was trooper and got it done. I didn't want to come back the next day because I had to fast for some of the tests.

I guess it's safe to say I won't be donating Blood anytime soon. Sorry Red Cross. I just don't think my little arms could take it.

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